Adam Tinworth
@adders.masto.onemanandhisblog.com.ap.brid.gy
Blogger, journalist and lecturer in audience strategy.
[bridged from https://masto.onemanandhisblog.com/@adders on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://masto.onemanandhisblog.com/@adders on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
You can mourn many things – including a phase of your working life.
https://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/mourning/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=personal
https://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/mourning/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=personal
Mourning
Any significant loss in life deserves – requires – a period of grief
www.coffeeandcomplexity.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
You can mourn many things – including a phase of your working life.
https://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/mourning/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=personal
https://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/mourning/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=personal
Just discovered that Apple Creator Studio has an education discount: £29 per year, rather than £129. That’s a no brainer.
January 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Just discovered that Apple Creator Studio has an education discount: £29 per year, rather than £129. That’s a no brainer.
Life is not a football games. And sometimes we journalists have been guilty of making it one… https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/life-is-not-a-football-game/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share
Life is not a football game
And an audience is not a tribal fanbase.
onemanandhisblog.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Life is not a football games. And sometimes we journalists have been guilty of making it one… https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/life-is-not-a-football-game/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share
Well, this is uncomfortable.
Musk’s Grokipedia has quite an extensive page about me. It’s… not bad. But I’m not ecstatic that it exists at all. https://grokipedia.com/page/adam_tinworth
Musk’s Grokipedia has quite an extensive page about me. It’s… not bad. But I’m not ecstatic that it exists at all. https://grokipedia.com/page/adam_tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth is a British journalist, blogger, and academic with over 25 years of experience in the field, specializing in digital journalism, audience engagement, and content strategy. Beginning his career as a business journalist, he transitioned to digital roles in the mid-2000s, where he developed workflows and technologies for publishers, including building a blog network for Reed Business Information that generated millions of monthly page impressions across titles such as New Scientist...
grokipedia.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Well, this is uncomfortable.
Musk’s Grokipedia has quite an extensive page about me. It’s… not bad. But I’m not ecstatic that it exists at all. https://grokipedia.com/page/adam_tinworth
Musk’s Grokipedia has quite an extensive page about me. It’s… not bad. But I’m not ecstatic that it exists at all. https://grokipedia.com/page/adam_tinworth
That moment when you realise you’re trying to unlock your under-desk pedestal drawers with the key to your car’s roof box, and then you’re seized with an overwhelming desire to fill the box with camping gear and head to the woods.
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 AM
That moment when you realise you’re trying to unlock your under-desk pedestal drawers with the key to your car’s roof box, and then you’re seized with an overwhelming desire to fill the box with camping gear and head to the woods.
Om Malik:
"Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. The iron clasp of market expectations has turned him into what he never meant to be: a man who goes to parties at the White House while nurses die." https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/
"Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. The iron clasp of market expectations has turned him into what he never meant to be: a man who goes to parties at the White House while nurses die." https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/
A CEO, Captured.
I keep thinking about a line Lawrence Sanders wrote: a character asks whether money makes the world go round. The reply: “I do not believe it is money itself. After all, t…
om.co
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Om Malik:
"Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. The iron clasp of market expectations has turned him into what he never meant to be: a man who goes to parties at the White House while nurses die." https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/
"Cook is not stupid. He is not evil. He is trapped. The iron clasp of market expectations has turned him into what he never meant to be: a man who goes to parties at the White House while nurses die." https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/
Wow. I only just noticed the appearance controls in Ghost’s ActivityPub reader.
Lovely ... https://adders.blog/2026/01/27/wow-i-only-just-noticed.html
Lovely ... https://adders.blog/2026/01/27/wow-i-only-just-noticed.html
Wow. I only just noticed the appearance controls in Ghost’s ActivityPub reader.
Lovely stuff.
adders.blog
January 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Wow. I only just noticed the appearance controls in Ghost’s ActivityPub reader.
Lovely ... https://adders.blog/2026/01/27/wow-i-only-just-noticed.html
Lovely ... https://adders.blog/2026/01/27/wow-i-only-just-noticed.html
Today is tenuous links: what media publishers can learn about AI from…
Warhammer.
Slop for the slop throne! https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/the-real-ai-opportunity/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share
Warhammer.
Slop for the slop throne! https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/the-real-ai-opportunity/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share
January 27, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Today is tenuous links: what media publishers can learn about AI from…
Warhammer.
Slop for the slop throne! https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/the-real-ai-opportunity/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share
Warhammer.
Slop for the slop throne! https://onemanandhisblog.com/2026/01/the-real-ai-opportunity/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=second-share
Fascinating to see some details of the early life of a distant famous ancestor George Tinworth, in this Times piece.
"Although Tinworth’s mother, Jane (whose first three sons — like approximately a third of babies born in early 19th-century London — died in infancy), did her best to keep the […]
"Although Tinworth’s mother, Jane (whose first three sons — like approximately a third of babies born in early 19th-century London — died in infancy), did her best to keep the […]
Original post on masto.onemanandhisblog.com
masto.onemanandhisblog.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Fascinating to see some details of the early life of a distant famous ancestor George Tinworth, in this Times piece.
"Although Tinworth’s mother, Jane (whose first three sons — like approximately a third of babies born in early 19th-century London — died in infancy), did her best to keep the […]
"Although Tinworth’s mother, Jane (whose first three sons — like approximately a third of babies born in early 19th-century London — died in infancy), did her best to keep the […]
London can be very literal sometimes.
Yes, I’m in Angel.
Yes, I’m in Angel.
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
London can be very literal sometimes.
Yes, I’m in Angel.
Yes, I’m in Angel.
Substack now has an AppleTV app. But the headline calls it a “newsletter platform”.
It’s not. It’s an increasingly walled garden social content app, whose only difference from the others is the monetisation strategy is audience revenue, not ads […]
It’s not. It’s an increasingly walled garden social content app, whose only difference from the others is the monetisation strategy is audience revenue, not ads […]
Original post on masto.onemanandhisblog.com
masto.onemanandhisblog.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Substack now has an AppleTV app. But the headline calls it a “newsletter platform”.
It’s not. It’s an increasingly walled garden social content app, whose only difference from the others is the monetisation strategy is audience revenue, not ads […]
It’s not. It’s an increasingly walled garden social content app, whose only difference from the others is the monetisation strategy is audience revenue, not ads […]
Oh, brilliant. Ghost has added filters to its web analytics - and full support for UTM parameters. Get in there! https://ghost.org/changelog/filters-for-traffic-analytics/
Filters for traffic analytics
Explore your web traffic data with a new, searchable filter system
ghost.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Oh, brilliant. Ghost has added filters to its web analytics - and full support for UTM parameters. Get in there! https://ghost.org/changelog/filters-for-traffic-analytics/
I just discovered the Moodle (and Moodle email) supports Markdown, and I could not be happier. I’ll certainly be more efficient…
January 22, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I just discovered the Moodle (and Moodle email) supports Markdown, and I could not be happier. I’ll certainly be more efficient…
Best ever feedback from an in-house training/workshop delivered a few months back:
“He’s a proper journalist, who swears and everything”.
That is so going on my gravestone. It should probably be my LinkedIn bio, too…
“He’s a proper journalist, who swears and everything”.
That is so going on my gravestone. It should probably be my LinkedIn bio, too…
January 21, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Best ever feedback from an in-house training/workshop delivered a few months back:
“He’s a proper journalist, who swears and everything”.
That is so going on my gravestone. It should probably be my LinkedIn bio, too…
“He’s a proper journalist, who swears and everything”.
That is so going on my gravestone. It should probably be my LinkedIn bio, too…
When I was a regular at the Barbican in the early 90s, back when the RSC had a residency there, I never dreamed that I’d find myself on that stage twice a year 35 years later…
#citystgeorgesgrad
#citystgeorgesgrad
January 20, 2026 at 1:19 PM
When I was a regular at the Barbican in the early 90s, back when the RSC had a residency there, I never dreamed that I’d find myself on that stage twice a year 35 years later…
#citystgeorgesgrad
#citystgeorgesgrad
Just discovered that I need a 30 year old filling replaced.
Fabulous start to the week. Now I have to decide which day I want to sacrifice to that delight in the coming months…
Fabulous start to the week. Now I have to decide which day I want to sacrifice to that delight in the coming months…
January 19, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Just discovered that I need a 30 year old filling replaced.
Fabulous start to the week. Now I have to decide which day I want to sacrifice to that delight in the coming months…
Fabulous start to the week. Now I have to decide which day I want to sacrifice to that delight in the coming months…
Why is DNS propagation so annoyingly unpredictable?
January 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Why is DNS propagation so annoyingly unpredictable?
Welcome back, iPad. Your new screen suits you.
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Welcome back, iPad. Your new screen suits you.
My iPad is in the iPad hospital for the second time in a little over a month.
I hadn’t realised how central it’s become to my workflow. I feel a little lost without it.
I hadn’t realised how central it’s become to my workflow. I feel a little lost without it.
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
My iPad is in the iPad hospital for the second time in a little over a month.
I hadn’t realised how central it’s become to my workflow. I feel a little lost without it.
I hadn’t realised how central it’s become to my workflow. I feel a little lost without it.
Just pressed “go” on something I’ve been contemplating, planning and building for a little while.
Sorry to be vague, but more details will be coming early next week. 🤫
Sorry to be vague, but more details will be coming early next week. 🤫
January 16, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Just pressed “go” on something I’ve been contemplating, planning and building for a little while.
Sorry to be vague, but more details will be coming early next week. 🤫
Sorry to be vague, but more details will be coming early next week. 🤫
Diesel may start vanishing from forecourts within four years:
"A report by the electric vehicle think tank New AutoMotive predicts that some filling stations in London will stop selling diesel by 2030. Nationally, many of the UK’s 8,400 forecourts are expected to scrap it by 2035." […]
"A report by the electric vehicle think tank New AutoMotive predicts that some filling stations in London will stop selling diesel by 2030. Nationally, many of the UK’s 8,400 forecourts are expected to scrap it by 2035." […]
Original post on masto.onemanandhisblog.com
masto.onemanandhisblog.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Diesel may start vanishing from forecourts within four years:
"A report by the electric vehicle think tank New AutoMotive predicts that some filling stations in London will stop selling diesel by 2030. Nationally, many of the UK’s 8,400 forecourts are expected to scrap it by 2035." […]
"A report by the electric vehicle think tank New AutoMotive predicts that some filling stations in London will stop selling diesel by 2030. Nationally, many of the UK’s 8,400 forecourts are expected to scrap it by 2035." […]
Not saying it’s cold up here on the Downs today, but…
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Not saying it’s cold up here on the Downs today, but…
‘orses.
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
‘orses.
I don’t get the phrase “search it up”. It seems more clumsy than “search for it”, yet it seems to have become the default for younger generations.
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I don’t get the phrase “search it up”. It seems more clumsy than “search for it”, yet it seems to have become the default for younger generations.
Elizabeth Spiers, Eating The Chess Pieces:
"As a middle-aged adult of sound mind with, incidentally, a degree in public policy studies and political science, I completely understand the impulse to look at what’s happening and find some rational explanation for it that does not involve Donald […]
"As a middle-aged adult of sound mind with, incidentally, a degree in public policy studies and political science, I completely understand the impulse to look at what’s happening and find some rational explanation for it that does not involve Donald […]
Original post on masto.onemanandhisblog.com
masto.onemanandhisblog.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Elizabeth Spiers, Eating The Chess Pieces:
"As a middle-aged adult of sound mind with, incidentally, a degree in public policy studies and political science, I completely understand the impulse to look at what’s happening and find some rational explanation for it that does not involve Donald […]
"As a middle-aged adult of sound mind with, incidentally, a degree in public policy studies and political science, I completely understand the impulse to look at what’s happening and find some rational explanation for it that does not involve Donald […]